WC rodeo claims 3 regional titles, sets new college record

Weatherford College has three Southwest Region Rodeo Champions for the 2024-25 season, with two athletes headed to the College National Finals Rodeo and one headed to the National Finals Steer Roping championship.  

The Coyotes' champions are Cashton Weidenbener for team roping-heeler, Jacee Graff for goat tying and Catcher Gasperson in steer roping.  

Following a second-place finish this past weekend at the Tarleton State University Stampede with a 12.5 on two, goat tyer Jacee Graff set a new Weatherford College record. She accumulated 1,057 points this season in goat tying. This surpasses the previous WC goat tying record of 665 points, set by Kody Engle in 2008.  

Graff is now third on WC's all-time high point winner list behind Lane Livingston's 1,405 points in 2016 for tie-down roping and Leighton Berry's 1,070 points in 2019 for bareback riding and calf roping.  

WC's Kynlee Stevens finished eighth in the goat tying event in Stephenville.  

Zane Rampey's 19.4 on two was good for second in tiedown roping. Teammates Gator Goodrich tied for eighth and Colby Holt finished 10th.  

In breakaway roping, Cassidy Weber placed fourth with a 5.4 on two, while Jymie Adamson placed sixth and Kynlee Stevens seventh.  

Kyle Karin (Texas Tech) and WC's Brice Beene took fourth in team roping while the WC duo of Dalton Huston and Brock Rouse placed ninth.  

In bull riding, Mecate Trammell tied for fourth overall with a 78 on one.  

Jett Stewart finished sixth in steer roping with a 16.  

Jake Shelton finished 10th in steer wrestling with a 5.8 on one.  

This marks the 21st consecutive year that Weatherford College has qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo. Historically, five individual athletes from WC have won national championship titles, and the women's team claimed the 2022 national team title.  

The 2025 National Finals Steer Roping will be held on May 26 at Clarendon College. The CNFR will be held June 15-21 in Casper, Wyoming.